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Lufthansa is the largest German airline and the largest airline in Europe. All in regards to the passengers size and fleet size. It has over 197 international destination across Africa, Americas, Asia, and Europe. They have been around for a long time. They have been around since 1950s. They always try to be the best and to offer great service to their customers. They recently collaborated up with Australian airlines and this is mainly to provide Inmarsat GX inflight connectivity for passengers. They are planning to launch this in the upcoming first quarter. They will have around 10 airbus crafts available.

In light of its recently lifted sanctions Iran is looking to strengthen its airline fleet and taking first steps towards this goal the country’s officials signed two agreements covering orders of new aircrafts as well as a comprehensive civil aviation co-operation package. The agreements were made known recently during Iranian President, Hassan Rohani’s official visit to France. Iran Air has since signed an agreement with Airbus for the acquisition of a full range of new Airbus aircrafts of which 45 of them are single aisle aircrafts and 73 of them are wide-bodied aircrafts. Also included in this deal are maintenance training and support services meant to help Iran Air get acquainted with commercial aviation services.

Virgin Atlantic Airways is poised to announce a deal with Airbus Group for 12 A350-1000 jets. The list price of this deal will be approximately $4.3 billion and through this deal Virgin hopes to strengthen its wide-body leisure fleet. Virgin will probably purchase nine of the twin-engine planes directly from Airbus while leasing three from leasing firms, whatever the case the U.K. based airline has its sights set on having more fuel efficient jets such as the Airbus A350 or the Boeing 777 replace the four engine Boeing 747s jumbos that currently form the core of its long-haul leisure fleet.

Sierra Nevada Corporation has acquired the UK and Germany-based 328 Support Services. The move was completed last week for an undisclosed fee.

Accomplish Any Mission with Bell: This company was first known as Bell Aircraft Corporation when it was established in 1935 by Larry Bell. They began designing and producing fighter aircraft like the XFM-1 Barracuda, a twin-engine fighter to defend and fight back on attacking bombers, and the well-known P-39 Air cobra. They also manufactured the P-59 Air comet, the first American jet fighter and the P-63 King cobra. Before the First World War, Bell saw that a student named Arthur Middleton Young crafted a model of a small helicopter so they decided to construct this first Bell helicopter named the Model 30. Bell Helicopter has a headquarters location in Fort Worth, Texas with several plants in Texas and Canada. They also built service centers in Europe, United States, Canada and Singapore. Bell Helicopter is a globe wide provider of vertical lift aircraft.